Sporting Events That Need to Be Experienced Live
| August 18, 2017
The Running of the Bulls
In Pamploma, Spain, residents celebrate the summer fiestas of San Fernin with an event known as “The Encierro” or “The Running of the Bulls.” City streets are blocked off and a herd of bulls are driven through the avenues, while brave participants known as “runners” attempt to outrun the bulls without being gored.
Originally the bull run was necessary to move the bulls from their fields outside of the city into the public square to be slaughtered. However, what was born out of necessity has become a thrilling, if bloody, tradition with more than 20,000 attendees each year.
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